[pct-l] ice axes

[CWillett at pierce.ctc.edu (Chris Willett)]

I used the Camp XLA and liked it for the PCT.  Cutting steps with it (and I suspect with the Cassin) is a huge pain, as the adze is small and the axe is light.  You can buy the Camp axe in some MEC stores (yeah, its in Canada), but I don't see it on their website (it used to be).  They make another axe called the Frontier, which looks good, but might weigh a few ounces more. MEC will ship it to the States, and it runs for $58 Canadian, or about $46 USD.

Suge

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Christopher Willett
cwillett@pierce.ctc.edu
www.pierce.ctc.edu/faculty/cwillett
Pierce College
9401 Farwest Drive SW.
Lakewood, WA. 98498-1999

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> From: 	pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net on behalf of Trekker4@aol.com
> Sent: 	Friday, January 14, 2005 9:22 AM
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> Subject: 	[pct-l] ice axes
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> Okay, a search under "ice axes" in the PCT-L Archives yielded nothing;  
> perhaps I did it wrong, but I'd rather ask the present list anyhow. A guy made a  
> post in the past 3 days looking for a used ice axe; I'm not worried about used  
> really, but my question is ...
>  
> Are the Cassin Ghost or the Camp 210 XLA satisfactory axes for the PCT,  some 
> step cutting and possible self arrest of course? 
>  
> They're both 9 oz and under $90. I'll probably never use it again after the  
> PCT, so if the guy looking for used can wait a year or 2 ...
>  
> Bob 
> Big  Bend Desert Denizen
> (Naturalized Citizen, Republic of  Texas)
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